Iman Esfandiyar, Robotics and AI Researcher

01 · about

Building robots that see, think
and move on their own.

Hey, I'm Iman Esfandiyar, a robotics engineer and researcher based in Poznań, Poland. Since 2012 I've been working on computer vision, motion planning and control for autonomous mobile robots, mixing classical robotics with modern AI, in both academia and industry.

These days I'm doing a PhD in robotics at Poznan University of Technology and working as Chief Specialist in Robotics & AI at Łukasiewicz Research Network, Poznań Institute of Technology, where I lead the software and AI side of autonomous agricultural machinery.

Along the way I've been a researcher, developer and technical lead on national and EU projects, shipping software for industrial robots, autonomous city buses, farm robots and drone swarms.

C++ Python ROS (Robot Operating System) Neural Networks Reinforcement Learning Sensor Fusion State Estimation Motion Planning Computer Vision Simulation Environments

02 · experience

Where I've worked

1. 2022 - now

   Chief Specialist, Robotics & AI

   Łukasiewicz Research Network · Poznań Institute of Technology

   Artificial Intelligence Development department. Technical management plus plenty of hands-on work: autonomous agricultural robotics, perception pipelines and edge-to-cloud robot software.

2. 2021 - 2026

   Research & Teaching Assistant

   Poznań University of Technology

   Research and teaching in automatic control and robotics; PhD research on dense mapping and traversability for field robots.

3. 2021 - 2024

   Robotic Software Development Lead

   ROGOŻ Sp. z o.o.

   Led development of autonomous drone-swarm systems: swarm management and monitoring software for photovoltaic-farm inspection, drone shows and critical-infrastructure security.

4. 2019 - 2021

   Research Assistant

   Poznań University of Technology

   Advanced driver-assistance system for articulated urban buses: sensor fusion, state estimation, planning and control. ROS packages in C++ on Linux.

5. 2017 - 2018

   Head of Workshop

   Spadana Co

   Vending-machine production line management and mechanical system design.

6. 2011 - 2014

   Research Team Leader · DML Rescue Robot Group

   Azad University of Damavand

   Coordinated the rescue-robot research group: mechanical design, modular electronics, embedded systems and robot communication.

03 · projects

Things I've worked on

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04 · publications

Papers & talks

• 2025

  Mapping the Unseen Ground: A Survey on Dense Mapping and Traversability Methods for Agricultural and Forestry Robots

  I. Esfandiyar, D. Belter · IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 204285-204314 · doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3638877

• 2025

  Dual-Link Data Resilient Edge-to-cloud Communication Framework for Agricultural Robots

  I. Esfandiyar, K. Młodzikowski · IoTAI 2025, The Second International Conference on IoT-AI, pp. 27-34 · doi:10.5281/zenodo.17735730

• 2025

  Towards a Functional Continuum Operating System – ICOS MetaOS

  A. Jaworski, M. Kotlinski, I. Zrazinska, X. Masip-Bruin, J. Garcia, I. Esfandiyar · GIECS 2024, Springer CCIS vol. 2328, pp. 119-133 · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-78572-6_8

• 2023

  GNSS-Based Driver Assistance for Charging Electric City Buses: Implementation and Lessons Learned from Field Testing

  I. Esfandiyar, K. Ćwian, M. R. Nowicki, P. Skrzypczyński · Remote Sensing, vol. 15, iss. 11, 2938 · doi:10.3390/rs15112938

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